Maybe you should have read more than not necessarily?
Unless you pedal putting exact same power for 360 degrees of your pedal stroke your philosophy would be true yes but I found I have more dead spots in my pedal action with a closed off hip angle so I engage for more degrees of a circle putting out the same force but for a full revolution you average the same power with shorter cranks. The other finding in studies is your leg as it goes through a dead spot and is essentially negative power counteracting positive power on the other pedal and with shorter cranks you get less restriction so average more power for more degrees of your pedal stroke without increasing force on the pedal.
Do some research and study physics...
Unless you pedal putting exact same power for 360 degrees of your pedal stroke your philosophy would be true yes but I found I have more dead spots in my pedal action with a closed off hip angle so I engage for more degrees of a circle putting out the same force but for a full revolution you average the same power with shorter cranks. The other finding in studies is your leg as it goes through a dead spot and is essentially negative power counteracting positive power on the other pedal and with shorter cranks you get less restriction so average more power for more degrees of your pedal stroke without increasing force on the pedal.
Do some research and study physics...